
Preventing Fires through Effective Business Housekeeping
Understanding the science of the fire triangle—comprising heat, fuel, and oxygen—is essential for preventing fires. Here’s how to apply this knowledge to maintain a fire-safe workplace.
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At the same time, BT Redcare—one of the UK’s leading fire alarm signalling providers—is shutting down its services by August 2025. This affects a large number of properties across the country. To help with the transition, AddSecure has acquired parts of Redcare’s business and is offering replacement solutions to ensure fire alarms remain monitored and compliant.Â
All Blazequel clients can rest assured that their systems remain fully compliant. We have already taken measures to upgrade all systems that were running on analogue lines and 3G mobile networks, and all Redcare devices have been migrated to the AddSecure platform. If we don’t already monitor your fire alarm, please reach out to – we’ll be glad to give you peace of mind.Â
For those that like detail, or have unanswered questions, please read the report below. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me on 01234 673097 or andrew@blazequel.com – I will be glad to help!Â
Understanding the science of the fire triangle—comprising heat, fuel, and oxygen—is essential for preventing fires. Here’s how to apply this knowledge to maintain a fire-safe workplace.
Ensuring the safety of your premises goes beyond just fortifying against potential intruders; it’s equally crucial to prioritize ease of evacuation, particularly in today’s climate of heightened crime rates and
Fire safety is a critical concern in factories and warehouses due to the potential for significant harm to both individuals and assets. These environments often house flammable materials, heavy machinery,
Video Smoke Detection is perfect for a fast response to fires in high roofed buildings and harsh operating conditions.
Watch Smokecatcher detect smoke in an MSW storage building. The smoke is coming through from a fire in the adjoining storage area.
Watch Smokecatcher detect a fire in an SRF Storage bunker. Sadly, the alarm wasn’t responded to and the site lost a 4hr window of opportunity between smoke detection and flames appearing.
Video Smoke Detection overcomes the risks of stratification and other challenges for early fire detection in logistics and storage facilities.
Watch Fire Rover detect and suppress a fire in the waste bunker at an EFW facility!
See how the Fire Rover detects and suppresses this fire at a clients tipping hall. Note how the smok is spreading out at low leve, rather than rising. This is called ‘stratification’ and is one of the many reasons why roof-mounted smoke detection systems like beam detectors and HSSD is not suitable for many recycling applications.
Watch the Fire Rover detect and suppress a fire at a battery storage facility. This targeted and intellegent control makes the Fire Rover particularly well suited to high hazard storage applications.
Watch the Fire Rover tackle a battery fire in a tipping hall. Note how the exploding battery cells start three separate fires, which the operator individually suppresses (whilst avoiding the site operators in the vicinity).
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